Varuni Amunugama Fernando is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n businesswoman and a prominent figure in the country’s advertising industry. She founded Triad Advertising (Pvt) Limited and the national TV channel

Derana Derana TV is a Sri Lankan private entertainment terrestrial television channel broadcasting in Sri Lanka. Launched on 11 October 2005, it is one of the most popular television networks in the country. Its main transmission tower is on the Kikil ...

. Her father is Sarath Amunugama, a former civil servant and current senior minister in the Sri Lankan government. She was educated at Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya,

C.M.S. Ladies' College, Colombo (Latin) , motto_translation = This is the victory, even our faith - 1 John 5: 4 , location = 66 Sir Ernest de Silva mawatha, Colombo 7 , country = Sri Lanka , coordinates = , pushpin_map = Sri Lanka Colombo Municipality , pushpin_image = ...

, and the

British School of Paris The British School of Paris (BSP) has provided a British education in Paris since 1954. It is an independent fee-paying school with around 600 pupils, representing well over 50 nationalities. The British School of Paris is the only UK governmen ...

, and was gained entrance to the Faculty of Law,

University of Colombo (Buddhih Sarvatra Bhrajate) , mottoeng = ''Wisdom Enlightens'' , established = , endowment = Sri Lankan rupee, LKR 1.461 1,000,000,000 (number), billion

. She partnered with Dilith Jayaweera, who she met at university to form Triad Advertising in 1993. Fernando is linked to

Dinesh Palipana Dinesh Palipana (born 1984) is an Australian doctor, lawyer, scientist and disability advocate. He is the first quadriplegic medical intern in Queensland, Australia. He is the second person with quadriplegia to graduate as a doctor in Australi ...

, Queensland's first quadriplegic intern. Palipana has credited Fernando with helping him progress through the accident that left him a quadriplegic.

References

External links

Official Website of Triad
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